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Haniyeh was the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip from 2006 until February 2017, when he was replaced by Yahya Sinwar. Haniyeh was seen by many diplomats as one of the more pragmatic and moderate figures in Hamas. [20] . From 2017 until his assassination in 2024, he had mostly lived in Qatar. [21]
Ismail Haniyeh was Hamas's overall leader until the group confirmed his death in Iran on 31 July 2024. A prominent member of the movement in the late 1980s, Israel imprisoned Haniyeh for three...
The chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau (Arabic: رئيس المكتب السياسي لحركة حماس, romanized: Ra’īs al-Maktab as-Siasi li-Ḥarakat Ḥamās), also known as the chairman of the Hamas Shura Council (Arabic: رئيس مجلس شورى لحركة حماس, romanized: Ra’īs Majlis Shūra li-Ḥarakat Ḥamās) from 1987 until 2004, is the overall and de facto leader of Hamas, a Palestinian Sunni Islamist political and military organisation that is governing most ...
Oct 18, 2024 · The leader of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, was killed by a gunshot wound to the head, according to the director of Israel’s national forensic institute, Dr. Chen Kugel, who oversaw the autopsy and...
Oct 18, 2024 · Yahya Sinwar has been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. He was 61. He was Hamas’ top leader and a mastermind of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered the longest, deadliest and most destructive war in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Jul 31, 2024 · Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, 62, has been killed in a predawn strike in Iran. His killing threatens the stability of the region and increases the risk of the Gaza war escalating into a...
Oct 18, 2024 · Here’s a list of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders who have been killed in the ongoing war. 1. Yahya Sinwar: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. He was driven by his deep...
Jul 31, 2024 · Ismail Haniyeh, political leader of Hamas since 2017, has been the most visible leader of the group during Israel’s war in Gaza, and was key in ongoing ceasefire and hostage release...
Aug 1, 2024 · Oct 17 (Reuters) - Israel said on Thursday that Yahya Sinwar, the overall leader of Hamas and the architect of the Palestinian group's Oct. 7, 2023 attacks on Israeli soil, had been killed....
Oct 17, 2024 · Yahya Sinwar, Hamas Leader, Was Killed, Israel Confirms Yahya Sinwar had been the No. 1 target for Israel since the beginning of the war in Gaza. This is a critical, time-sensitive development as ...
